[German]Following a series of serious security incidents, including the Microsoft Cloud, the Redmond-based giant now wants to turn things around. Security is now "above all else", they say, and a "Secure Future Initiative" has been launched at Microsoft. There have already been signs of this for a few days. But now it's all officially announced on the web. Time for a few defeatist thoughts on this topic and on Microsoft.
[German]I got several reports from administrators, facing issues with Adobe Acrobat Reader 24.002.20687 in a RDS server environment. It seems that the Adobe Acrobat Reader is crashing since mid April 2024, due to a "test version" integrated in the newest software version.
[German]Since January 2024, users of Windows 10 and Windows 11 (as well as Windows Server 2022) have been struggling with Microsoft's attempt to install an update to the WinRE environment. In January 2024, numerous users around the patchday were met with the installation error 0x80070643 when trying to install the KB5034441 update. Despite several attempts to rectify the situation in the following months, Microsoft was unable to eliminate the installation error. Now comes the admission that there is no automatic fix for the update – manual work is required.
[German]Another addendum from the April 2024 patchday. The updates cause problems with NTLM connections to Windows Server. In any case, Microsoft has received corresponding user reports and is investigating the incident, as the company announced on April 30, 2024.
[German]A small addendum from the April 2024 patchday. The updates appear to lead to problems with VPN connections under Windows 10 and Windows 11. In any case, Microsoft has received corresponding user reports and is investigating the incident, as the company announced on April 30, 2024.
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[German]Google recently released version 124 of its Google Chrome browser. In addition to vulnerabilities, the developers have also made some changes to the TLS encryption (X25519Kyber768 key encapsulation for TLS). However, there is now feedback from users complaining that this change can break the TLS handshake to web servers. This also affects Chromium-based browsers such as Edge 124.
[German]Since October 2023 there has been a known issue with Bitlocker under Windows 10 and Windows 11, which can lead to problems with administration using MDMs. An error 65000 was then reported by Bitlocker. The problem was then fixed with preview updates in January 2024. But Microsoft did not make the information public until April 26, 2024.
[German]Brief information for AnyDesk (remote desktop software). On April 24/25, 2024, the remote maintenance provider AnyDesk rolled out a "rotten" version of its AnyDesk client, which is blocked by Microsoft Defender under Windows. The background to this is that the client was digitally signed with a revoked certificate. Several blog readers have pointed out the problem to me, but I have only just got around to addressing it in the blog. On April 29, 2024 my test confirmed, that there still versions of anydesk.exe downloadable from the internet, that has been signed with the revoked certificate. Here is a brief summary of the continuation of the chaos surrounding AnyDesk.
[German]Brief information for Office users and administrators. Microsoft has remind its users recently once again that support for its Microsoft Office versions 2016 and 2019 will end in October 2025. The same applies to the associated Productivity Server, i.e. administrators and IT managers must consider how to replace the relevant Office versions in companies.
[German]There has been a lot of criticism of VMware by Broadcom's licensing policy from customers who are faced with massive price increases. Particularly in the area of charitable organizations, there are indications that Broadcom wants to withdraw with VMware. Partners who negotiate with customers in the charity sector have been told that "VMware is not suitable for everyone". Continue reading
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